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  1. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Bart.
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    Welcome Pablo.
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    Please say there is a clip of you doing that somewhere online.
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    Just change hands when playing and style it out?
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    The strings supplied seemed ever so coarse on mine. I swapped them for some D'Adddario half-rounds. I had to open up the hole in the bridge a little to get the windings through near the ball end on the B.
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    If it ever gets off the ground it will be something. I am considering contracting some of the work out. The main thing being the thicknessing and then the bonding of all of the laminates. Although I could farm out the thicknessing by itself and bond the pieces at home, it leaves room for mishaps that way. Jack's daughter's partner is a cabinet maker in a commercial workshop and back at work with social distancing. I will see if his firm will quote for the job. None of it's going to start without some sort of plan and the ideas are only just coming up to boil. Like yourself, I will need to do some 1:1 scale drafts to help my ideas to crystallise.
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    Welcome X.
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    It is only 17 inch scale though. Nice spec.
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    Looking through images for ideas I have seen normal (perpendicular orientation) headpieces used in conjunction with an angled zero fret. I've also seen Brice bass's individual headpiece string clamps.
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    What? In case it just floats away or in case I nick it?
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    @Jabba_the_gut gave me a link to a couple of systems with individual tuners for flexibility. Angle neck retainers are likely to be rare if there are any at all. I may well manufacture something. Until I try I can't say but I have a notion that it may not be as hard as you'd think. I'm reacquainting myself with my four string fretless right now and it's forcing me to use my ears more. Yes. I've been thinking along the same lines. I like the idea of a light demarcation layer. A few builders here have used it to great effect.
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    I'm not sure if this counts as one because it looks to be a neck-through.
  13. SpondonBassed
    It looks smart. Tweaky tweaky.
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    Whilst not being the most refined of instruments, I was pleased how well mine came out. I practised with it for ages until I made my mind up to get the actual bass it resembles - the Ibby SR605. Seeing this has made me decide it's time to get it out again. Currently I am practising fretless full-time on another bass so I can happily have this standing by to relieve the inevitable frustration now and again. My neck has a shim in it at the moment but one of the jobs I have promised it is to flush mount the bridge as I reckon that will make the shim unnecessary. The pickups aren't bad. They're nowt special like but they have got the potential to have split coils by putting in a switch. This is also an upgrade that I have planned for it. I might now have to do those. Ah well... it's not like my social calendar is full these days is it? I bet you're starting to get exited about yours...
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    If you haven't already, have a search through Repairs and Technical for further ideas:
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    Hahaha! Snap. If I recall the wiring diagram showed the jack socket connection the wrong way around. It says "hot wire to short pin" and it produced no signal that way. I reversed the wires and presto!. Also, the socket itself was rubbish so I replaced it.
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    Yes.
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    Indeed. Thanks for straightening that out.
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    It's a good look for that style of body.
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    That was a good day out. I enjoyed the previous one you organised too.
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    I read somewhere that the reason adjustment was required to give a string length that is actually longer than scale to allow for the bend that occurs where the strings pass over the saddles - the break angle. It isn't actually an angled corner here, it is a bend. The thicker the string, the great the radius of that bend. Consequently, the thicker strings don't straighten out in as short a distance from the saddle as the thinner ones. I believe the thickness is that of the core of the string more than the string complete with windings. It seems to be that the portion of the string that is in a straight line is the bit that determines frequency of vibration... the part where it bends at the bridge is so stiff in comparison as to stop it from being noticeably active. Intonation at the bridge compensates so that each string has the same length of unstressed string in a completely straight line between the nut and the start of the bend at the bridge. That's my understanding of it anyway.
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    I sought out my stash of Sapele this afternoon. I need to collect some more, complementary, timber. The long pieces are about 47 inches long but they haven't the depth needed for a neck through. This might take some time...
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    It's impressive as is but when you finish the headstock it's going to be a head turner. I love the idea of inlaying a sixpence piece. Me? I'd have to settle for two threepenny bits.
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    One way to do it is to select "Quote", copy all of that including the headings then toddle over to the famous quotes thread, select "Reply to this topic..." and paste the entire quote in the text box. Other methods are available such as copying the time stamp from the individual post. It's usually in the form of "Posted March 29th or Posted 1 hour ago" at the start of the post you want. Copy it then paste it into the "Reply to this thread" textbox in Famous Quotes and the forum should lift the content for you. Failing that, the Mods are usually happy to help or even do it for you.
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